Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Sukehide Itou

Satoru Kobayashi

Kouji Sutou

Shigekazu Kondou

Naomoto Amano

Shigeaki Tamaki

Akira Ogawa

Hiroshi Torimitsu

Fumio Maruyama

Eiji Hara

Fumitaka Saitou

Shunji Tsubouchi

Satoshi Takeuchi

A method and apparatus for correcting a cock driving device in a beverage dispense. A manipulating lever for a dispensing cock is correctly opened and closed at all times by the cock driving device. The manipulating lever for the dispensing cock is provided with an interlock member which moves back and forth integrally with the lever, and the interlock member is provided with a magnet. A pair of hole elements capable of sensing the magnet are arranged one behind the other, spaced from each other, on a mounting plate arranged on a slider. The magnet is set to face an intermediate position of both hole elements of the slider staying at a standby position, with the dispensing cock staying at a neutral position. A control board moves the slider for correction to a position at which the magnet reaches the intermediate position of the hole elements if the magnet does not face the intermediate position of the pair of hole elements.

Method and apparatus for correcting cock driving device in beverage dispenser

A first operation of a lever causes a valve rod to retract axially through a second valve element seated on a second valve seat against a first resilient part, while a first valve element to leave a first valve seat open to pour beer from a beer pouring nozzle through a beer supply channel. A second operation of the lever causes a slider to advance axially against a second resilient part to be spaced away from the valve rod forcing the first valve element to be seated on the first valve seat, while the second valve element to leave the second valve seat open to effect frothing of the beer from a liquid passage and pour the resulting froth through holes defined in a sleeve.

Pouring spout for sparkling beverages

A beer pouring faucet provided in front of the server main body extends from the faucet main body and includes the operating lever which functions to change pouring of beer or the head by tilting the lever back and forth. The drive apparatus which is capable of automatic operation of the operating lever comprises a housing provided movably vertically with respect to the server main body a horizontally movable slider in forward and backward directions housed in the housing and a drive mechanism which moves the slider forward and backward, The drive apparatus is positioned at an operating position where the operating lever is inserted into the engagement hole of the slider or at a non-operating position where the operating lever is separated from the engagement hole by moving the housing vertically.

Beverage dispenser

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Toyoake, Japan

Sukehide Itou